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Saul died on April 15, 2012, at the age of 64 after having suffered with
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to the same team. They finally beat the
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with the Rams in 1975. That year, the Rams beat the
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16:American football player (1948–2012)
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94:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
1075:Deaths from cancer in California
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1040:American football long snappers
448:Florio, Mike (April 15, 2012).
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21:American football player
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370:Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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362:1978–79 NFL playoffs
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67:Butler, Pennsylvania
49:Personal information
891:Second-team Defense
808:Second-team Offense
639:Lawrence McCutcheon
454:profootballtalk.com
386:Washington Redskins
374:Pittsburgh Steelers
338:St. Louis Cardinals
324:Professional career
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864:Joe Carollo
858:Doug France
852:Lamar Lundy
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740:Jack Pardee
734:Les Richter
728:Rosey Grier
536:Bill Nelson
531:Ted Provost
259:recoveries:
207:All-Big Ten
205:First-team
1009:Categories
988:Tom Harmon
941:Pat Thomas
899:Fred Dryer
834:Dan Towler
822:Jon Arnett
799:Jon Arnett
560:Bob Geddes
511:selections
435:References
132:NFL draft:
60:1948-02-05
994:Drew Hill
947:Rod Perry
840:Jack Snow
693:Rich Saul
663:Bob Klein
657:Tom Fears
645:Dick Bass
541:Rich Saul
459:April 15,
413:Bill Saul
393:Pro Bowls
380:. In the
35:Position:
25:Rich Saul
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882:Ken Iman
681:Tom Mack
563:Dag Azam
429:leukemia
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330:Ken Iman
316:for the
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308:of the
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298:center
257:Fumble
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69:, U.S.
39:Center
30:No. 61
785:P-PK
423:Death
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300:and
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211:1969
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136:1970
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986:PR
957:DB
951:DB
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915:DL
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856:OT
850:TE
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838:WR
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791:PR
768:DB
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732:LB
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720:DT
714:DE
708:DE
673:OT
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